Photographer: Jörg von Bruchhausen | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Throne stool of the Oba Esigie
King Esigie (ca 1504-1550) was one of the three mighty warrior kings to whom the kings of the 18th century referred after their regained power. According to Benin's oral tradition, the throne was cast in Europe.
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Object type
Throne
Dimensions
Height: 38 cm
Width: 40 cm
Depth: 40 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Width: 40 cm
Depth: 40 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20296
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Benin [Königreich]
Nigeria [Land]
who
Theodor Glücksmann - Former Possessors
Description
16th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin for Oba Esigie or gift of a European king to Oba Esigie; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in the possession of Sir Ralph Moor until ca. 1905; auctioned by Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd (J.C. Stevens), London, ca. 1905; gift of Theodor Glücksmann to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin, 1905.
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